[smoldesu]

Well, I think that's the whole point of the remark. If we're going to continue to use Apple as a benchmark for Apple, then yes, they will improve year-over-year. The rhetoric behind the sentiment is that we should give up trying to compare Apple to x because their users will never hold them to those standards. If Apple releases a perfect laptop next year with replaceable components, an SD card slot and a magic smartcard reader, the community will parade and say "I told you so" rather than wondering why they let Apple get away with it for so long in the first place.